1、Unit 3 The world of colours and light教材背景鏈接,When one loves art，no service seems too hard. O.Henry，American novelist 一旦熱愛藝術(shù)，什么奉獻(xiàn)也不難。 美國(guó)小說家歐亨利,Life is painting a picture，not doing a sum. O.W.Holmes 生活是繪畫，不是做算術(shù)。 霍姆斯,Art is the mold of feeling as language is the mold of thought. Susanne Langer，American

2、philosopher 藝術(shù)是感情的模制品，猶如語言是思想的模制品。 美國(guó)哲學(xué)家蘭格S,Room for Revolution：George Washington and His Philadelphia Friends,March 16th,2009August 30th,2009 Charles Willson Peales George Washington at Princeton is on view at the museum which was lent from a private collection.This visually striking and finely mad

3、e lifesize portrait (肖像) records,Washingtons 6foot2inch figure in a pose highlighting strength，composure, and elegance.It is put up in a room neighboring to the Powel House parlor(會(huì)客室)，a period room from one of Philadelphias greatest eighteenthcentury private homes,where Washington was frequently en

4、tertained by his friends, Samuel and Elizabeth Powel.Both spaces contain important examples of furniture by Philadelphias finest craftsmen，such as Thomas Afflect and John Aitken.,Among these is a side chair specially ordered by the Washingtons when living in Philadelphia. Painted in Philadelphia in

5、1779，Peales painting was immediately sent to Europe to promote Washingtons reputation as a leader and the cause of the American Revolution，,then in progress.Later，during Europes Napoleonic Wars，a Spanish duke with strong sympathies with American Revolution owned the picture.At that time he added the

6、 complicated carved caption to it，,which describes Washington as “a liberator of his country who abandoned absolute power” Curators：American Art Department Staff，website commentary by Carol Soltis Location：Galleries 286 and 287，second floor,Read the passage and then answer the following questions. 1

7、This passage is mainly about_. Athe cause of the American Revolution,B,Bthe information of a portrait on view Cthe description of the life of George Washington Dthe friendship between Washington and his friends,2What is the name of the portrait?( ) ARoom for Revolution. BCharles Willson Peale. CGeorge Washington at Princeton. DGeorge Washington and His Philadelphia Friends.,C,3What happened in the Powel House parlor?( ) AWashington entertained his friends. BWashington made